In the glistening gold medal match Saturday afternoon in front of an enthusiastic packed house at the Gstaad Stadium center court, USA’s May-Treanor/Walsh won the 39th gold medal of their illustrious FIVB SWATCH World Tour.
Moscow was the stage of the new FIVB Olympic Beach Volleyball qualification program. The last two pairs of Olympic visas were to be decided in the Russian capital in the period 28th June - 1st July according to a new revolutionary formula.
Playing out a theme from movies past, from Russia with love Sunday brought the final two countries into women’s Olympic berths as the Netherlands and Russia captured tickets to London with victories in the double-gender 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Cup Olympic Qualification Tournament in Moscow.
For the third time in their partnership, dating way back from the beginning of 2006, the American underdogs Jacob Gibb and Sean Rosenthal grabbed a World Tour event title.
Nadine Zumkehr and Simone Kuhn claimed their first ever FIVB SWATCH World Tour grand slam gold with a win over Sara Goller and Laura Ludwig in the final of the smart Grand Slam, Rome on Sunday.
